Best photos from around the world

May 6, 2013 |Compiled by Chronicle Photo Editors

Top images from around the globe

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Cubs of Tia, a lioness, huddle close together in their enclosure in the Emmen Zoo in Emmen, The Netherlands, on April 26, 2013. The four cubs were born on 7 April 2013. AFP PHOTO/ CATRINUS VAN DER VEEN

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Cubs of Tia, a lioness, huddle close together in their enclosure in the Emmen Zoo in Emmen, The Netherlands, on April 26, 2013. The four cubs were born on 7 April 2013. AFP PHOTO/ CATRINUS VAN DER VEEN